QRCode Generator

- (void)setUIElementsAsEnabled:(BOOL)enabled
{
    self.generateButton.enabled = enabled;
    self.stringTextField.enabled = enabled;
}

- (CIImage *)createQRForString:(NSString *)qrString
{
    // Need to convert the string to a UTF-8 encoded NSData object
    NSData *stringData = [qrString dataUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];

    // Create the filter
    CIFilter *qrFilter = [CIFilter filterWithName:@"CIQRCodeGenerator"];
    // Set the message content and error-correction level
    [qrFilter setValue:stringData forKey:@"inputMessage"];
    [qrFilter setValue:@"H" forKey:@"inputCorrectionLevel"];

    // Send the image back
    return qrFilter.outputImage;
}


- (UIImage *)createNonInterpolatedUIImageFromCIImage:(CIImage *)image withScale:(CGFloat)scale
{
    // Render the CIImage into a CGImage
    CGImageRef cgImage = [[CIContext contextWithOptions:nil] createCGImage:image fromRect:image.extent];

    // Now we'll rescale using CoreGraphics
    UIGraphicsBeginImageContext(CGSizeMake(image.extent.size.width * scale, image.extent.size.width * scale));
    CGContextRef context = UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext();
    // We don't want to interpolate (since we've got a pixel-correct image)
    CGContextSetInterpolationQuality(context, kCGInterpolationNone);
    CGContextDrawImage(context, CGContextGetClipBoundingBox(context), cgImage);
    // Get the image out
    UIImage *scaledImage = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext();
    // Tidy up
    UIGraphicsEndImageContext();
    CGImageRelease(cgImage);
    return scaledImage;
}


- (IBAction)handleGenerateButtonPressed:(id)sender {
    // Disable the UI
    [self setUIElementsAsEnabled:NO];
    [self.stringTextField resignFirstResponder];

    // Get the string
    NSString *stringToEncode = self.stringTextField.text;

    // Generate the image
    CIImage *qrCode = [self createQRForString:stringToEncode];

    // Convert to an UIImage
    UIImage *qrCodeImg = [self createNonInterpolatedUIImageFromCIImage:qrCode withScale:2*[[UIScreen mainScreen] scale]];

    // And push the image on to the screen
    self.qrImageView.image = qrCodeImg;

    // Re-enable the UI
    [self setUIElementsAsEnabled:YES];
}